The Golden Age of Basketball

The Blazers' hard work in the first half came to naught within 2 minutes, with a three-pointer, a steal, and two fast breaks. The Lakers completed the situation in the shortest time and in the easiest way. With a twist, Magic Johnson seemed to have magical powers, turning the field upside down in an instant.

The Blazers' players obviously haven't recovered from their strength. During the intermission, the players were still cheering each other up, but when they arrived on the court, they were beaten a little dazed.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Adelman decisively called a timeout, and the Great Western Forum suddenly became a lot more lively. The Lakers fans seemed to feel that the Blazers would not be able to hold on in the third quarter.

"The Lakers' counterattack came so quickly. I think the Blazers players haven't come out of the slow pace in the first half, and they were a little dizzy by the Lakers." Dick Stockton said to the Lakers. The whirlwind offense is also very admirable. Since 1986, the Lakers' lineup completely built around the magician can bring such an exciting offensive shock wave in every game.

"The Blazers have some problems in the backcourt. I think Porter and Paxson's physical strength will be a big problem." And Tom Heinsohn suddenly pointed out the problems of the Blazers. Yes, Porter and Parker Sen is indeed a little tired.

Although the game has just entered the third season, Paxson played the entire first half, and he is already a 34-year-old veteran. He has played the role of a substitute in most of the games this season. In about 25 minutes, he is likely to play the whole game, which will be a huge test of his physical strength.

And Terry Porter launched many quick and aggressive attacks in the first half, and his physical strength was also very high. After all, apart from him, the Blazers did not have a third stable offensive point with the ball. Now it is the second half , The Blazers with physical problems were beaten into a fast break by the Lakers in the backcourt, and at the same time they couldn't prevent the Magician's breakthrough. The situation was extremely unfavorable for the Blazers.

Adelman was also aware of this problem. After weighing it, he decided to keep Porter and Paxson on the court, but at the same time he replaced Mark Bryant and replaced Danny Young. That is to say, he resorted to a three-back lineup.

In the eyes of ordinary people, this is tantamount to suicide. The Lakers' backcourt height and wingspan are among the best in the league. With Danny Young, who will defend AC Green?Or who is going to guard Worthy?Who will defend the magician?So when the Blazers came back from the timeout, Dick Stockton thought the Blazers were committing suicide.

"Adelman replaced Danny Young! The height of the Blazers' backcourt was lowered again, and the height of the backcourt was three guards. You must know that the height of the Lakers' backcourt is about the same as that of the three forwards. Playing like this is tantamount to suicide, or what does Adelman have? Another idea?"

No one knows if Adelman has any other ideas, but everyone knows his idea on the offensive end, that is, to spread the ball to Gan Guoyang.

"Danny Young had the ball half court, Johnson was guarding him, Danny Young was too small, he was going to be double-teamed! The ball was passed, Gan came out to respond, Gan took the ball and went straight to the right, Just one-handed dunk! Wow! Gan only dribbled once!"

Gan Guoyang saw that Danny Yang was about to be forced by the magician to pass the ball, so he ran to the right side to respond, and turned around directly after receiving the ball. Unlike other insiders, other insiders must turn around and go to the baseline when they take the ball at this position He dribbled the ball in small steps and forced a layup, but Gan Guoyang didn't. He didn't give the Lakers a chance to defend inside.

"This reminds me of Dr. J Irving's dunk on Kareem Abdul-Jabbar." Gan Guoyang's dunk is indeed exactly the same as Irving's dunk. In fact, people with clear memories should know that Gan Guoyang faced the Lakers for the first time in his rookie season. Shi Shi also used such a dunk, which shocked everyone.

This kind of goal does not give the opponent a chance to defend at all. This is Gan Guoyang's consistent style. Some superstars are the kind that you think you have defended with all your strength, but he can still score. It's the kind where you don't even have a chance to push hard, and he just throws the ball in.

The reason for this difference is that as a Chinese player, Gan Guoyang, no matter how good his physical fitness is, he cannot reach the level of blacks, but his rich and unique offensive methods, combined with excellent offensive options and heaven-defying touch, It will make the opponent feel that it is too powerful to use.

The Lakers also scored soon. Byron Scott received a pass from the Magician on the outside and hit a three-pointer. Because the Blazers played three guards, the defense line shrank again and again.

But Gan Guoyang immediately responded with a ball. He received a pass from Paxson at a position of 15 feet and turned around and hit a hook. Ac-Green, who was defending him, was shaken for a while, then lost his defensive focus, and finally could only watch. Watching Gan Guoyang hit the hook.

"If you want to guard me, learn not to jump first." Gan Guoyang pointed at Green after scoring a goal, and Green looked numb. Anyway, he was sprayed too much by Gan Guoyang, so he could only pretend that he couldn't hear, but he I also remembered this sentence in my heart, thinking that I must be careful of his fake moves next time.

Soon, the game entered a tug-of-war between the Lakers and Gan Guoyang. The magician tried his best to find opportunities for his teammates, and once he found an offensive opportunity, he would never be soft; Opportunity to Gan Guoyang singles.

At this time, the advantages of the three guards are revealed. With the addition of one guard, they pass the ball on the outside and feed the ball to Gan Guoyang much more smoothly, and the three of them can also open up enough space, because once the Lakers double-team, Gan Guoyang passes the ball to Porter or Paxson, and they can really hit the three-pointer. With Danny Young, Porter and Paxson’s ball-holding tasks are also reduced a lot. slow down.

The Lakers fans soon discovered that the oppressive counterattack they were looking forward to could never come. Every time the Lakers made a beautiful goal, their brewing emotions would always be disrupted by Gan Guoyang's clean singles, so that later the fans We are all used to it, and there is a see-saw between you and me.

In fact, the Lakers players also want to guard against Gan Guoyang, but no matter whether it is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, ac-Green or Sampson who came off the bench, there is nothing they can do about Gan Guoyang. , arc top jumper, wing hook, and offensive rebound miss, his shots are extremely fast, his movements are extremely clean, and he does not give the defensive players any time to react.

In the words of Tom Heinsohn, "Gump has been immersed in his own offensive rhythm and cannot extricate himself."

15 points, 17 points, 20 points, 22 points...Gan Guoyang's scoring in the third quarter continued to rise. When he made a three-pointer in the 11th minute, his scoring in the third quarter had reached an amazing level 25 points, only 6 points away from his highest scoring record in a single quarter, and Pat Riley on the sidelines finally couldn't stand the team letting Gan Guoyang score like this, and he was so angry that he slammed the tactical board in his hand to the ground , and then asked the referee for a timeout, although the third quarter was about to end at this time.

"The timeout of the Lakers, this is a magical quarter of the game! Gan alone represented the entire Blazers team. The Blazers scored 34 points in a single quarter, of which Gan scored 25 points alone! 25 points! This is the playoffs The scoring record in a single quarter, Gan has scored 52 points in the whole game, and the third quarter is just coming to an end." Gan Guoyang scored 17 points in the first quarter, 10 points in the second quarter, plus Gan Guoyang scored 25 points from the Great Western Forum in three quarters.

Riley is already a little crazy at this time, the magician's performance is good enough, and the other players are also at a normal level, but no one can stand such a stable output of such a fort in his own three-second zone, Lai Li almost roared and asked the inside players to do their best to prevent Gan Guoyang from death.

The third quarter ended quickly, and Gan Guoyang didn't take a rest. At this point in the game, Adelman didn't dare to put Gan Guoyang on the bench easily. Maybe he could sit on the bench for 2 minutes and the Lakers could completely wipe out the score. Pulled away, at this time the Blazers were only one point behind the Lakers 84:85.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers finally began to double-team Gan Guoyang recklessly. Green, Cooper, Wallridge, and the three most aggressive defensive players of the Lakers were all used to deal with Gan Guoyang in a three-accompany defense. Gan Guoyang is not a god after all, and under such a defense, his shooting percentage also began to decline.

However, Adelman knew that the Lakers were going to fight for their lives, and the Blazers also started to fight for their lives. Mark Bryant returned to the court, Duckworth also replaced Sabonis, and the veteran ran for three full quarters without rest. Paxson returned to the bench, Brands played, this is a completely defensive lineup, the Blazers began to cut off the Lakers' offense at all costs.

Like two gladiators fighting for life and death, after fighting for a long time, both sides lost so much blood that they could no longer hold their weapons, and finally began to fight with their fists and teeth to kill their opponents.

"The intensity of the confrontation between the two sides is like watching a boxing match! Another foul! Mark Bryant's foul, this is his fourth foul in this field, it seems that the Lakers don't want to score easily at the basket gone."

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"Gan forced a layup! There are three people hanging on him! The ball still went in! Foul, Wallridge's foul! Gan's arm is full of scars, and now he is going to the free throw line. Perhaps the Lakers themselves did not think that this game The game will go to this point.”

It's time to fight for life. Perhaps the Blazers are still inferior to the Lakers in terms of victory, but the biggest problem facing the Lakers now is that they underestimated the determination of the Portland Trail Blazers to win this game from the very beginning. They took it for granted that the Blazers would give up the game and return to Portland to play Tianwangshan because of the loss of players, but they didn't know that Gan Guoyang and his teammates had vowed to win this away game before the game, and then returned to Portland to end the series.